胴

Meaning

胴 centers on the main body of something: the trunk of a human or animal, the hull of a ship, or the central hub of a wheel. All meanings point to the core structural part that holds the rest together.

• 胴どう
  N1

  trunk; torso; body; abdomen; waist

• 胴体どうたい
  N1

  trunk; torso; body

• 胴上げどうあげ
  N1

  tossing (someone) into the air (in celebration)

• 胴元どうもと

  banker (gambling); bookmaker; person who runs a gambling den; person who rents out space for gambling and charges commission

• 寸胴ずんどう

  cylindrical

• 救命胴衣きゅうめいどうい

  life jacket; life vest

• 胴着どうぎ

  (sleeveless) undergarment; padded undershirt

• 胴回りどうまわり

  waist; girth; measurement around waist

• クリ胴枯病クリどうがれびょう

  chestnut blight; chestnut canker

• 共鳴胴きょうめいどう

  sound box (of an instrument); sounding box

• 双胴機そうどうき

  twin-boom aircraft

• 双胴船そうどうせん

  double-hull boat; catamaran

• 台胴だいどう

  dado (part of a pedestal between the base and the cornice)

• 回胴式遊技機かいどうしきゆうぎき

  slot machine

• 圧胴あつどう

  impression cylinder

• 寸胴鍋ずんどうなべ

  stockpot

• 桶側胴おけがわどう

  tub-sided samurai cuirass

• 桶胴太鼓おけどうだいこ

  barrel drum; drum with an uncurved body

• 胴が長いどうがながい

  having a long body; long-bodied

• 胴の長いどうのながい

  long-bodied

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